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старая поговорка (в знач. "мудрая"); старая пословица (в знач. "мудрая" В.И.Макаров); расхожая максима (...he averred that "preventing Ms. Coulter from speaking would counter one wrong with another. The old saw goes that the answer to bad speech is more speech. This is especially true at a university.  thepolemicist.net); старая шутка (избитая, расхожая); народное выражение; народная мудрость (My dad has a few old saws he never hesitates to share with my kids whenever we come to visit. 4uzhoj) |
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избитая фраза (overused expression: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away!" "That old saw is as untrue as it is annoying" • Sure, we have all heard the old saw about not having to work if you are able to support yourself financially doing something you love to do. 4uzhoj) |
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a proverb or maxim (This term uses saw in the sense of "saying," and old in the sense of "wise" rather than old-fashioned [Second half of 1400s]: Mom's always repeating the old saw, "Haste makes waste." thefreedictionary.com); a proverb, maxim, or adage (This term comes from a much older meaning for saw, derived from the Old English sagu and meaning just about the same as "saying." The "old" here is not necessarily derogatory, rather signifying "wise." Thomas Cooper in his Thesaurus (1565) defined a proverb as "an olde sayed sawe." thefreedictionary.com); an oft-repeated saying, maxim, or proverb (My dad has a few old saws he never hesitates to share with my kids whenever we come to visit. thefreedictionary.com); a sententious saying, a homily (lexico.com); a traditional proverb or maxim (lexico.com); a homespun aphorism (lexico.com) |
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a clichéd or hackneyed expression (A: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away!" B: "That old saw is as untrue as it is annoying!" thefreedictionary.com) |
